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Newspaper Page Text2 A RUSH IN THE HOUSE FEVERISHNESS AND CONFUSION CONSPICUOUS. Boif millet's Sewerage BUI Recommit ted—The House to Hold Three Ses sions a Day—The Proposition to Fix a Date for the Summ ::r Session Causes Debate. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 15.—A feverhh strain marks the work of the legis’ature now. Hands of iron would hardly have kept the members of the House in their seats or suppressed the coufusi n that was conspicuous this afternoon. When the work ts reviewed little of importance appears to he credited to the day’s sitting. Two of Macon's representat.ves had a warm debate In the morning. Mr. Brifeuillet had a bill authorizing Macon to issue $200,000 in bonds for sewerage and drainage purposes up for passage, when Mr. Huff entered. It is the same bill that caused sanguinary corresp rdence between the latter and Mr. Pa’te-son two years ago. Mr. Boifeuillet bad the indorsement cf the mayor an i council of Macon. Mr. Huff asked : oat the ' bill be recommitted that ho might appear against it, and on a vote the House made that disposition of the bill. THREE SESSIONS PER DAT. Then for a while a lull intervened, but the House went into a volcanic state when the question of three sessions a day came uu. Finally it was deciaed that sucti would be the order. The bill establishing a road labor law for Savannah, and requiring the payment of a tax f r failure to perform the -ame, passe i. A bill by Mr. Atkinson of Coweta, pro viding for oil i' spect rs. passed. The :a e of inspection will be one cent a gallon for quanties of 2 '0 gallons or leet, and oue-haif cent for greater quantities. VIOLATION OF LABOR CONTRACTS. A bill introduced bv Mr. Smith of Deca tur make g failure off rm laborers to keep labor contracts cheating and swindling, and so punishable, was defeated. The point against it was that it would mean lmprison <*neat for debt and vs, unfair to that class, while persona in cities securel goods, and, lon failure to pay, were without reach of the 1 low. The bill providing for reading local bills L the first and second time by captious passed hy a two-thirds vote. SUMMER SESSION TALK. An eruptive stage again occurred when Mr. Humphries, of the committee on busi ness, offered a report recommending that a ‘recess be taken at noon Saturday, Dec. 20, until the second Wednesday in July. Mr. Berner fought it with all the power Of bis eloquence. Mr. Goodwin’s cold logic was aimed at it, and others, among them Mr. Wheeler, the great, objector, opposed such action. Mr. Berner asked that no date be fixed, as a crlsia may come at any hour in the Western and Atlantic matter. Mr. Humphreys wanted a date fixed, in order that the House might work intelligently. ; Mr. Davu of Burke wanted Saturday : fixed as the time for adjournment Some -one said the farmers wanted to arrange for their crow. Mr. Wheeler said they might delay their J crops awhile for the state, t Toe resolution was tabl 'd, but the sense of the House indicates that it will be called up 'again about Thursday. THK ASYLUM’S LAUNDRY. Matters then ran along in smooth grooves until the bill appropriating $25,000 for building a laundry, etc., at the deaf and t dumb asylum came up. The figure was cut to $15,000 and passed, but not before six or eight members had waxed eloquent in • the five minutes allotted each for speech- making. Mr. Humphreys was against it, saying that there were only eighty inmates thero and that the general appropriation act gave jo 1,00(1. A couple of ineffectual attempts were mado thr mgh res dutions to escape night sessions, but the order of the House stuck. Afte: dinner the bill creating a state sinking fund, introduced by Mr. Huff, passed. RELEASED FROSI THE ASYLUM. Mr. Brown of Haralson is happy. He has been persistent in his efforts to have Jesse Corley released by legislative enact ment from the lunatic asylum, where he was sent by the court authorities of Haral son. He was indicted for intent to murder, arid tl< House to-day passed a bill which instruAs Dr. Fow. rs,uf tbe asylum, to turn tbe now mentally healed Corley over to the sheriff to answer the indictment. Mr. Whitfield’s resolution instructing the authorities to place more insurance on the lunatic asylum passed. AX ABSTRACT COMPANY'RULED OUT. Provocation for a wrangle wa* Mr. Mar tin's bill authorizing the abstract companies to make copies of the Fulton county records, over which there was a hot discus sion about ten days ago. Tbe bill was lost in spite of the fact that Messrs. Arkinson, Goodwin, Lewis, Hill of Meriwether and Heed pleaded for its passage, members shaking their heads over it suspiciously. A committee of one member from each congres ional district was appointed to look oxer the calendar and say what bills must be parsed, and to put aside bills that might be delayed until the summer session. THE NIGHT SESSION. The night se-sion was not a howling suc cess, through prolonged debate on a number of topics. Mr. Tatum of Dade wanted the code amended so that the state shall pay the expenses of trials for escapes and attempts or other crimes relating to the control of the convicts. Tbe Dade Coal mines throw much of this s rt of business in the county court there. Mr. Tatum thought one-third was enough for the county to bear of Buch expenses. Mr. Whitfield urged that the state was not re sponsible for such expenses when con riots are leased. Mr. Tatum’s bill passed. Mr. Atkinson of Coweta introduced a resolution providing for the appointment of a joint committee to investigate all tbe evidence regarding the ques tion of Tennessee issuing tax ex ecutions against the state of Georgia on the Western and Atlantic property in that state, the committee to report back to the House as early as possible. HOME OF THE GOVERNORS. The Executive Mansion Badly in Need of Fepaire. Atlanta, Ga,, Dee. 15.—The committee on the part of the Senate appointed to ascer tain the condition of the executive mansion, this morning reported so many needful pur chases aud repairs as to suggest the idea that the state had not been giving very close attention to the comfort of the family of her chief executive. Among other things it is recommended that to the walls be de voted that attention they stand so greatly in need of to give the establishment a less vault-like appearance. No edifice better adapted to the purposes of a mausoleum cau be lound this side of the Egyptian pyra mids. Powderly at Drunswtck. Brunswick, Ga., Dec. 15.—T. V. Pow derly ot the K.fights of Labor p ke at JVAr.oi-o opera despite tho rainy weather, i'l e political issue, of the d„y was his subject, the third party boing dis cussed at length. Surveyor Parot of the goverment const Riiney is here o b gin work on uupro ve toed U in Brunswick’s harbor and on the bar, _ __ South Georgia Conference. "Macon, Gs., Dec. 15. Visitors and dele gate, are gathering here for the lywri 'ii of (fie South Ifworgia CoolHreiice of tho 31 -th oil*; El)i*c I Church H kith, which meet* here VVedooebay. About 250 minister* and lftlegates are expected. GEORG! A’d SENATE. An Adjournment Resolution— Right to Settle Cases. Atlanta, Ga. , Dec. 15.—The question of adjournment, which played so prominent a part in to-day’s debates in the House, wa also broached in the Senate. Nobody now thinks of avoiding the neces-dtr cf a sum mer session; the only h -os ieft is to gratify at home the longing for Cuintma* turkey in the meantime. The 'eolation offered by Senator Gdi was a prarti.-al admi*,i n of all this. It fixed the : ate of temporary adjournment for Saturday next, and tne first Wednesday in July as the day for re convening. A BOOMS RANG BILL. Mr. Smith introduced an >vel bill of tbe boomerang variety, like the Twitty and i other has" " measures which have made this assembly fa nous. It is evidently designed I to clip the wings of attorneys, b it seems certain to resuit in placing the employment !of couasel out ol the reach of such ias are unable to fnrk over their fees in advance, since no at torney with hi- i.ands full of business ; oouid be induced to place bin-seif at the me, cv of clients with no legal projection to ensure t!.e payment for hi- serviews. This bill provides that “hereafter all parties sha.l be autboriz-d to settle tnrir cases in court or their claims in the ha ids of attorneys at any time, and n r attorney shall have the right to continue 1. igation after such settle ment on account of any claim for fees, whether he consented to the sol.lament or not.” THK NEGRO COLLEGE CASH. The accumulated negro c lleg • appropri ation, formerly nravn by the Atlanta uni ver-ity, will probably tie iuerge-1 into tbe general fund in tue treasury. The bill to that effect passed by the iso late provides, however, that it tnav Bull bo appropriau-d to an institution willing to confirm to tbe state’s requirement*. BIVORCZ CASE COSTS. The bill to secure tbe costs of clerks and sheriffs by requiring the payment of |lO in advance on the filing of divorce suite was reconsidered aid amend si so as to make the amount $5 i stead of $lO, and ja-sed. Tae following alsi passed: Mr. Holtzclaw’* resolution calling on the governor to follow the recommendation of the miluary advisory board m and awing fur arms and equipments doe tb'S state as her share of the federal appropriation for the state miiitia. Amending section 4372 of the code so as to make the use of profane language and in decent or dis irderly conduct in the pres ence of femaies on the cats and m public places of like obaracter a misdemeanor. To authorise the levving and collection of a special school tax by tbe c unities, with the consent of a majority of the qualified voters. To exempt from jury duty regular licensed and employed stationary engineers. GEGKGIA'Ii BRANCH COLLEGES. Danger of a Deadlock Between the Two Houses. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 15. —Had anything occurred to strain the relations existing between the two branches of the present assembly, us was the case with their prede- C3Ssors, a deadlock would to-night appear inevitable. Even as it is, the prospect of a stubborn fight between ths House aud Sen ate is so threatening as to be very dis conraging to the advocates of an early adjournment. Tne branch college question furnishes the unwelcome menace tola gis lative harmony. Tne events of this after noon not ouly jn tify, but more than fulfill, the prediction that these institutions, as soon as they reached the Senate, would be found to have as many lives as a cat. RESTORED TO LIFE. Slaughtered by the House, they have not only been restored t<> life on the other side of the rotunda, but if the Senate follows the advice of its committee their number will be added to. In a three hours’ session the finance committee rapidly ran through the appropriation bill transmitted Satur day. Nearly every item was ac cepted as it came from the House. An amendment was added to the common school clause diverting any excess taxes arising from property increase to the fund for eletne itary education, and $9,000. instead of $5,000, was fixed as the appro priation for publishing thro. , instead of two volumes of supreme court reports. THE BRANCH COLLEGES. But, otherwi-e, the itire appropriation! schedule was indorsed as firnDhel bv tue representatives until the committee re ched the last item-the branch colleges. Then there was a determined kick, a kick so vigorous, that when the committee adjourned all the original appropriations to existing iustitu tions had been restored so far as lav in the committee’s power, and provision made for the establishment cf three more. One of the new ones, it will be recommended, shall be at Waynesboro, Burke county, on conditiou that the citi zens raise jiu.OOO to equip it; another at Thompson, McDuffie county, where suitable school property and $5,000, to be collected from the townspeople for a building, is offered as a bonus, and the third at Forsvth, Monroe county, whioh undertakes to raise at least $15,U00 to start the school. A LETTER FROM CHANCELLOR BOGGS. Charcellor Beggs has written a letter to tho governor in which he states that a large per cent of the students are farmers’ sons, three times as many as come from the household of men of any other profession, and he is astonished to see the farmers making war on institutions whicu bmefit their own children so much more than the children of any other class. MONEY FOR THE MILITIA. The Appropriation of $25,000 Now Considered Fate. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 15.—The Holtzclaw appropriation of $25,000 for the state mili tary may now oe considered safe beyond all doubt, Messrs. Clifton, Holtzclaw and Gilbert of 3luscogee appeared before the Senate finance committee this afternoon and easily procured that body’s indorsement of the profxisition. It will be recommended for passage in the San te, ad no oppceition is apprehended or likely. The governor is already committed on the que-tion of state aid to the militia, aad his signature will be gladly attached. Wo far the military has beeu given everything demanded ut the hands of the legislature. A CHILD BURNED TO DEATH. Her Clothing Ignited While She waa before a Grate. Athens, Ga., Dec. 15.—News reached the city to-day that Anna Heckle of Craw ford county, a little girl, was burned to death on Sunday last. She was standing near a grate at the house of Mrs. Maxwell when her clothing caught. Her entire body was soon wrapped in flames, and before the fire could be extinguished the child ha 1 been severely burned. Everything was done to relieve her suffering, but in a short time sue died. C. C. flammock Dead. Au,*nta, Ga,, Dec. 15.—Ex-Mayor C. C. Hammock diet here to-,lay of Bright’s disease, judge Hammock was one ot Atlan ta's oldest and most useful cinzeii, and lias held almost every important position in the city g iverunißut. At the tin eif ti a death, end !or so ..e ye-rs previous, he wa* pie-i dent of the beard of water c iumiiß-ioners. ► in.moll. Liter Regulator is iataiuniile In ■he nursery. It la gentle Uxatltr nn4 ! harmless.— Ad. Important to Traveling Public. New F.verett Hotel uow o|*>n Le*' equipped, and an i t popular note! in Jueswju villa. Room* en suite, with be •*. Ratios, f | i per Cay and upward, ilclrer A Raker, I’ropn slurs. —Ad, THE MORNING NEWS: TTEiSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1890. A FIGHT ABOUT A KELIC ITS SALE TO THE LIBBY PRISON COMPANY THE CAUSE. It Is the Pay Roll of the Confederate Man-of-War Sumter-It Was Sent to Librarian Herbs! at Atlanta to Be Preserved—He Thoujht It Was a Per sonal Gift and Sold It. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 15.—At a meeting of the Confederate Survivors' Association j t.-night Capt. Frank M. Myers laid before tbe vete-ar.s a cjrrespondence of recent i date, between his brother, Maj. Kenry Myers of Jacksonville, Fla., and Librarian Charles Herbstof Macon, in reference Cos the sale by the latter, to the Libby Prison museum at Chicago, of the pay muster roll of the confederate ship of war Sumter, of which Maj. Myers was paymaster. In the letter* which follow it will be seen that Maj. Myer* pronounces the sale of the relic unauthorized, and calls upon Mr. Herbst to make restitution to the Veterans’ associa tion. The members of the association, taking the view that this demand makes the price of the document their property, to-night passsd a resolution thanking Maj. 31 rs for the donation and appointed a commits tee to make an investigation and taio steps toward the recovery of tne in ney. The Veterans say they have taken hoM of the matter iu earnest, and say they will insist on restitution as long as a chance remains for tbe enforcement of their claim. MAJ. MYERS’ LETTER TO HIS BROTHER. Th-letter, wh.ch brought the matter be fore the reads as follows: J ACK3.I.VVILLX. Kla.. Nov. 1, 1890. Cant. f\an‘: if. Myers, Atlanta, G>i : My Dsir Frank—You no doubt recollect Charlie Herbst, “if you please.” When lie was librarian of the Atlanta library there was no corifedera einl ts pretsn ions like him. Well, you no doubt also reeo.ie t I gave ill a the pay muster rol s of the C. S. silo Sumter because lie was liorarian. Weil, a friend who was iu Cnicazo, and v!?ued Libby prison, wire i bus been removed there from Ricumond, saw, he said, almost the first thing, the book. 1 v.r-. t ■ Herbst Inquiring about n. I inclose yon his rop y aud my answer to hirn. He has never repli -1 to it, and as I wrote him 1 wouid send it to the Confederate Veterans’ Assoc aoon of Atlanta that he might be exposed as a preten der, tue correspo deuce will explain itself. If you ca.i have it read at one of j our meetings. If not show it to as many of the veteran.- as you can. 1 want the fellow exposed. Show it to Dr. Fox. Your affect, brother. H. Myers. Write tne if Her fist is not condemned by ets generally, although the "new south” has de veloped a clas- ot men who would dig up the bones of their dead comrades and sell them for fertilizers if th v couid thereby turn an honest penny. HERBST’S EXPLANATION. The following letter contains Mr.Herbst’s explanation: Macon, Ga., Oct. 15, 1890. Afr. It. Myers. Jacksonville, t ill : Dear Sir— ln response, will state this fact: In IcTl you gave ms the “Men s register” of S. 8. Sumter On the tly leaf I wrote: “Pre sented to C. H.. etc., by Maj. Henry Myers of C. S. Sumter.'’ Last summer 1 thought it ought to tie iu Richmond. Va.. and so wrote. Now. Mr. Gremlin of Chicago wrote and offer,-J to buy for the “Confederate and Federal .Mu seum" there, so I sold, as I suppos-d 1 had a right to do, being presented in me. Respect fully, etc., C. Herbst. librarian. I also sold him n flag of the One Hundred and Fourth Kentucky Regiment. C. H. MAJ. MYERS’ REPLY. Maj. Myers replied to Mr. Herbst as fol lows: JAtutsoNviu.it, Fla., Oct. 24. 1830. Mr. diaries Herbst. Librarian Macon Library, Macon, (fa: Sm Your letter of the 15th instant vrat re received, and is by no means satisfactory. A matter, no doubt, of supreme indifference to you. At the time I gave you the hook, you were then posing as an enthusiastic collector of confederate relies. Your z-ai is now explained by the turitt you have displayed In disposing of them. Thinning you were wmat you pretend - : to be, I confided the hoik to you that it might be kept in some southern'library, and it was given to you only as tne librarian of the At lanta libs ary. If 1 had supposed for an instant that you would have made it the means of profit to yourself it never would have been placed iu such mercenary hands. 1 should at least have been consulted r,efore being sold to yankee speculators an l showmen. Amongst gentlemen, presents are usually considered sacred, and not merchantable ar ticles. The only reparation for what I consider a breach of trust is that the amount received by you for the book should be ; a;U over to the Confederate Veterans’ Association of Atlanta. Unless this is done I shall submit a copy of this correspondence to that association. Respect fully. H. Myziib. WHO THE PAYMASTER IS. Paymaster Heurv Myers wa3 one of the mos. capable and" highly trusted officers who served under Admiral Raphael Sera rues. He is a native of South Carolina, and was in the United States navy before the war broke out. At present he is au ditor in the water works office at Jackson ville. A romantic st ry is relate 1 of him. While theSumptjr was lying at Gibraltar, iu February. 1862, no g eat while b.*fore she tiecame so effectually blockaded as to causa her to be laid up and sold, her commander dispatched Paymaster Myers, accompanied by a civilian named Tunstall, to Cadiz, for the purpose of obtaining a supply of coal, the lack of which had indeed already putau eud to the little war ship’s dashiug cereer. Myers and his friend never reached Cadiz. The small Frenc i steamer on which they had taken jiassage touched at Tangier on the way thither, and, in an evil moment, lured bv the prospect of beholding the old Moorish town, the pair decided to stretch their cramped legs, and at the same time enjoy tbe novel experience of a stroll through the narrow alleys and gaudy, crowded baz irs, so attractively unlike any thing familiar to occidenttl ay os. UNDER AIISEST. After some time spent in this agreeable fashion the gentlemen, finding that the steamer had about discharged the portion of her cargo destined for this port, started back to the quay, but had proceeded only a short distance when they were set upon by a loony of janizaries ad marched under arrest to the residence of tha f and ;ra! consul, who hod demanded their detention as Ameri can pirates at the hands of tne Moorish gov ernment, which latter, ta quote Admiral Sernrues, finding that one “Christian dog” called for the apprehension of other “Chris tian dogs,” puzzlad its small brair.s very little about the right and wrong of theease. The consul at once flung his prisoner-, heavily ironed, into a dungeon and kept them there tali ordered to remove them to Algeziras, where they were taken in charge by Capt. Craven, then or afterward in com mand of the United States steamship Ni agara. This officer iu du 1 time seut them to Boston in a merchant snip called the i “Uar. est Home.” On board that vessel the prisoners suf f-red still more galling lueults than had been inflicted upon t hem in Africa. The first act of the inhuman skipper was to •have their heads clean as a billiard tall, and iiiug teem, still heavily manacled, uit i the bol l. incidentally Pavmas.er 3iyers’ pockets were turned wrong side out and his valuable, appiopria'.ed. laite-, u: on bis discharge from Fort Warren, Iwcure he via treated for the flr.t time subsequent to his arrival as a prisoner f war ua<l not as a pirate), hi* watch i, ordered t. be res’o: e>i 1 1 him. AN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR. Tho seizure of Myers cud Tunstall seems to Imve c mie near provoki g a not iu tiie streets of Taagier. The Christian inhabit ants wvre greatly i .e-n-ed, and there was a Lig c mmotiui., which would proliablv have resulted in tueir forcible release. Uni thii ft* erai eo ;*ul manage I the affair with less adroit lie x. A great deal of excitant<-nt al.o reaul n.l at t'i • vsr,.iiw Christian I’spitsla The British parliament made a formal c|| ~u the under secretary for foreign affair* to bo informed concerning tin* far '.* in tue case. Hut tier lit itanulr majesty’* chargs st file co®rt of Morocco seems to have n ter eats* 1 i.l a s ail a/‘ii.iid the prisoner*, aud i . vtt faiseiy reported t .at they hsd leeu released, * hen in point rf fact tbev were on their way, in irons, aero* tbe Atlantic, while that son of a barter, tbe skipper of the Harvest Home, was exercising ras bar; baric ancestral art on their defenceless . cranium*. 1 hat the treatment received by Myers at tbe hards of tbe Mo .r.-h government would have resulted in nr. Afr.ran war bad the confederate states gained tr.eir independ ence wituout being exhausted, is suggested | by the following from t e pea of toe fiery 8-mines, who took tne outrage much to heart, and who would, in that event, have : possessed along: boundless influence -with ; the southern administration: “A ward of advice,” wrote he, “given by someone of tbe consuls, would hare been an act of kindness to tue ignorant Moors, in keeping t_em out of a scrape, as well as i urselves. As the case now stands, shall be obliged, as soon as we shall have gotten lid of this yankee war. 1 1 settle accounts with his Majesty of Morocco." Adjt. Gen. Kell, at that time first lieu tei'a it of the Burn er, was amo -g the cor fede ate officers wno were forced to look helplessly on acre.,- the narrow strait which d.vides the Pillar- / Hercules, while Myers was being thus un.awfully seized upon by a power so crnteLi.t.ble that, under other circumstances, th - little Sumter herself could, with small i ssistance, have ventured upon the rightii g of her own " rongs. THE LIBRARIAN. 3lr. Charles Her: st, the other party to tbe unpleasant corr-‘potaderca luff before the veterans’ asociau n. was, and still :s an araout confidence: one of the most con firmed specimens f the “unreconstructed” that the country affords, Tbata man of his well-known ideas -houid for a moment be confounded with the spirit of th "new souih” seems surpri-ing. F' r a series of years he was librarian of the Young Men's Library her •, and remov 1 from Atlanta to take charge of a iirnnar institution in Macon. DODGS COUNTY’S PRISONERS. The Last Juror for Thoir Trial Juat becured. Macon, Ga. , Dee. 15. —The second week of the trial of Wright Lancaster, John K. Lancaster, James Moore, Louis Knight, Lem Burch, Luther A. Hall and Charles Clements, for conspiracy and murder, was begun in the federal district court here- this m >.-ruing. All of last week was sjient in fightu g the quisu nof jurisdiction and in impaneling a jury, and it was not until just before the adjournment of the court to-day that the twelfth juror was secured. The trial will begin iu earnest to-morrow, when sensational dove opuients are ex pected. SYRUP OF FIGS. ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant' aud refreshing to the taste, and acta gently yet promptly on the Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-i ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in it3 effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, it3 many excellent qualities commend it Ito all aud have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs i3 for sale in 50c and $1 bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not’accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIS SYRUP CO. SA/J Fit A HCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE. KY. NEIV YOP.K, ti.Y- COTTON FACTORS. John Flannery. John L Johnson. JOHN FUNNER? & GO., Cotton Factors, SAVANNAH, GA. Eaitgin" and Iron ties furnished at lowest ! market rates Prompt attention given to all | business entrusted to us. Lii oral cash advances made on of Cotton. SPkcTALN OTICES. LOST, A roll of money, amount iourte‘'n dollars, oue ten-doliir ij il and two two-doilur bills. Tbe finder will and nactot kindness aud receive a reward by r, t raing to JA JIcCOaKLK. cor ner bull aud York streets. TEWEY'S FINE * DM cITO3. In one. two and three-pound boxes, can be had at STRONG'S PHARMACY. t 7 Bull street, near Hotel De Soto. KLKMIOY OF DIRECTORS. The Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Cos. i i-avaxnau, Ua., Dec. 16, 13'*). j The annual .-liv ion ot directors of 11 is bank will be cei l a the batik, No. 12)> Bryan -t eet. on TI.'KSi'AY, Jen. I-'.. ISM, hetweru J and 5 o'clock p m JNO. SI BRYAN, Cashi. r. .NOTH K Neither the captain nor consignees of the British bark O.W. M. DORJvIN will be responsible for any debts contracted by the crew of said vessel. STRACHAN & CO , Consignees. SPECIAL NOTICE. Neither tbe master nor consignees of the llrtlisn steamship GUILDFORD will be respon sible for any debts contracted by the crew S (KACHAN A Cl >., Consignees. KICHrIChEH * FSRK EXTRACTS And cologne*. Lubln’s Extra'tf, Oaklry'n Toilet Waters, Hazard'*Cologne ' . 6, farma C bagn .nn istr ng * ttiaite Hue* Coiogia*' a most reii-i* in.; and delightful I’i-r uruu can iw l,ai at STRUS’d’fi FIIaKM.ACY, 57 Lull troet. Mill I (II HI THE tat HEU. The trs .ls of i CTiAitt.K4 H. OLM hTK-*l< au. ,••*• u.i:, a* a eoaidtda’i'for the off v of < o,aidy Treasurer, anil net In law iae half tile rot— and support cf Uooafr fellow caU zen* al It* .on V. ,DM-P*j itp-utn 1 ll MEETINGS. ALPHA LODGE NO 1, Ancient an* Accepted Seoul,h Rile Freemason*. The regular meeting of this Lodge will he held At Odd Fellow* Hail iu the Encamp meat room, THIS Tue-d ay) EVENING at 8 o clock. Tne fourth degree wib he conferred ’•V. 8, ROCKWELL, V. M. John S. Haikxs. Secretary. K.V< LLsiOH LODGE AO. s, H. OF P. Th- mam'iers of ExeeHor Lodge are xTTv notified tnat a regular meeting wil! he ftSd held THIS (Tuesday i EVENING at *lt &fa o'cl- K-k. Memoera si sister L tigra cor tbiLJtS? diaily invited. J. C. Bebnbarot 0. C. _ C. F. 31. Bxrnhardt. K. .of R. and A BAYA.YV4H BRaYCH I L 7, ORDER IRON HALL. Th - regular annual meeting of the branch will lie field THIS 'Tuesday) EVENING at 4 o’clock, at Knights of Pythias hall. The elec tion of officers will taka place. A full and prompt attendance is de lred. By order JNO. F. FREEMAN. Chief Justice. _Henry S. Coldino, fcecretary. THE ADKLPHIA CLIB OFS\\ AX VAIL Member-, you are hereby summoned to meet at your hail. No. 20 Jefferson street. THIS i’A’i, promptly at 2 p n .to pay the last tribute of re.-p-jct to your deceased brother, JnssE Morgan. By order of „ VV. B JENKINR, President. A. P. Willi Aits. Secretary. TO IHE VUIBRB OF THE FIReT AYD SECO.YD DiSTKIUTS: You are hereby re Uicstcl to a'tend a meet ing of the First and Second District i’odti'ial Club, to be held at llendy's h ill, c ruer iVest Broad and Bryan streets, TUESDAY', Dee. Id, at 8 o'clock )■. m. J. J. COVI3TO, Secretary. MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS. Central Railroad and Banking Cos. op Ga. i Savannah, Ga, Dec. o. 183 U. \ The annual meeting of the stockholders of this company w ili take place at the Banking House, in Savannah, on TUESDAY, Dec. 23. at 10 o'clock a. it. Stockholders and their families will be passed free over the company’s road to the meeting from the 201 U to the 23 and, inclusive, and will he passed fr-e returning from the 23d to the 27th, inclusive, upon presentation of their stock certificates to the conductors. T. M. CUNNINGHAM, Cashier. SPECIAL -NOIdLLS. On and after Feb. L 1890, the basis nf ISM*. urement of aQ advertising ta tbe Mornino New* will be o gate, or at the rate of $1 40 an inch for the first insertion. HA Y DBOMK PREsi.VfS ~ Given away with every can of Baking Pow der, at PHILLIPS BROS., 21 Barnard street. Whore you will find one of the finest assort ments of HOLIDAY GOODS in the city. TO TAXPAYERS. Trkas'r's Office or the Crry or Savannah, I Savannah. Ga., December 12, 1890. f Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the city of Savannah that, under an ordinance passed by the council on the iota inst, tha as sessment and valuation of property made for municipal taxation for the year 1890. under the terms and provisions of the ordinance of iba city, passed November 29, 1889, will be con tinued as the basis of taxation by the city for the year ISBI as to the real estate, including improvements, covered thereby in the absence of objections. Such objections, if any. must be filed in this office within fifteen (15) days from this date. Iu the absence of objections within the time specified, the assessment and valuation already made will be considered as satisfactory, aud will be binding for the year 1891. CHAS. S. HARDEE, City Treasurer. FOR COUNTY' TREASURER. To the Voters of Chatham Coanty— Fellow Citizens: I am a candidate for a re-election to the office of Treasurer of Chatham County, and respectfully solicit your support. Your obedi ent servant, WARING RUSSELL IMPORTER SOLID-BACK HAIR BRUSHES, CLOTHES BRUSHES. TOOTH AND NAIL BRUSHES. Tbe finest selection ir. the city. Call and examine. ROWLINSKI. Pharmacist. Broughton and Pry ton streets. Telephone 465. AM A PRESENT, What is nicer? and HEIDT makes a specialty of Extracts, Cologne and Odor Cases. Hair Brushes, and a pretty line of desirable and low priced Christmas goods. Call and see. UOX’T GIVE UP Iff DESPAIR. Dyspeptics, yon will find a reliable remedy in DR. ULMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR. It is a faultless vegetable preparation, and indorsed by prominent medical men. Silver medal and diploma awarded over com petitors. Prepared by B. F. ULMER, M. D., Pharmacist, Savannah, Ga. Price, 81 per bottle. Sold by all druggists. UK. T7F. KOOEKMOff, DENTIST. ODD FELLOWS BUILDING Corner Barnard aud State Streets. ~IOC. POl\D. THIS MORNING ONLY " BUT ONE POUND FOR EACH CALLER. That well-known pure Sugar Candy, sold only at HEIDT'S for 15s. Gum Drops. 10c.: elsewhere, 85c. DR. if. O. LARCOMBE Offers his professional services to the citizens ot Savannah. Office, S2 Liberty street. Residence. 13M Harris street. NOTICE. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 10, 1890. We, the undersigned, have formed a copart nership for the practice ot law under the Arm name of NORWOOD & CRONK Offices: No. 11l Bay street. THOMAS M. NORWOOD. JOSEPH a. CRONK. ‘THE GARDEN OF SINGING FLOWER*,’ SAVANNAH THEATER, DEC. 15. Tickets can now be had at BUTLER'S DRUG STORF., Or of any of tbe ladles of the ’Home." HEATS RF.SKRVED the day of the performance at Butler * Drug Store, TUB HMT HEAI IIMI. AOMOlil MEN I 1 <lf hcl***ar sets, I’stisnive*, Cut (I'.nss Cologne ' ii<, it>. Jewel Hose*, jlirn r*. Comb and Brush IMot*. I igsr Case*, figs, and Tobacco Boss*, I anl I |w. liodire and i tools Puma*, ate , at H| |p I,M i’H I’fiAH and AC’Y. bear iititel Jo* Ho to. SPECIAL NOTICES. City of (savannah. t Omen Clerk of Convert. Dec. 14 I*o . The following ordnance, passed by tbe Cite Council or Sa. *anab Dec. 10. lsso. is published for -he info-ination of ail concerned. By order of the Mayor. FRANK & P.EBAP.FR. Clerk of Council. An < Mumxakcb to provide for the assessment o< real proper: v in the city of Savannah for taxation for the year J3JI. Section Be it ordained by tbe Mavor and Ahit-rmen of tue city of Savainan in Council assembled. That the valuation and assessment Of real estate, including improvement*, made “ : ’ d ' r the ord nanoe of the c ty passe i Novem * .' v 1 ' An oriinaace to assess aid value real pr perty in theeity of Sava-.nah. including improvemcats. for the pinvoae* of taxation " aud which, as revised and corrected, have fc-med the basis o' municipal taxation f>r the year 1890 are hereby continued aa to the property covered thereby for the year 1831, and ’he said assessment and valuation shall form the oasts of taxation by the city of Savaanah as to goch property for the year lo9L save as tbe same may 0 • corn-C-td a- provided in the next two sections of this ordinance. Sec. 2. Be 1: further ordained that the treas urer of toe city of Savannah spall at once canse oi publisbei in the ofPclai organ of rhe city or anil also in the Savannah M ,rnin ? with tbe Usue of December ]*,\ an omniai notice to bo signed by hi:r. as treasurer, of which tte fobowiaT shAll be a copy; “Trea'Crkh's Orr:cF. op the t . _ CiTY of Savanxah, . .Savannah, a a.. December 12, I®9o. S Notice is hereby given to the tax payers of in.- city of Savannah that under the ordinance passed by council ou the lt)th ins., the assessment and valuation of property made for municipal taxation for the year l-.k>,und-r the t.-rms and provisions cf the ordinance or the city passed Nor. 29, 1883. wil] be continu J as the basis of taxation by the city for the year l'St as to the real ctate, in cluding improvetn-a.s, covered thereby, iu the absence o' object) -na Such obFictions, if any must be tiled in ibis office within flf-.een days from this date. In the absence of oojecti ins within the time siiecified. the asas:.mut an i valuation alrea ly male wil! he coasi ierci as j“ ! , I ’ :a,:tor y. and Will be biad.ng for tne year •\Signed) Chas. S. Haroke. _. . "Ci y Treasurer." The sail notice shall be published m erh issue of the said two papers for 15 days, and after the said 15 days from the date of the first publication, the as-e<ament a id valuation made for the year 1890 shall be final ami binding for the year 1891, an: snail form tue basis of taxtatioa by the said City of Sa vannah for the year IS9I. save only to the extent objected to and os to the property cov ered by the objections filed as hereinbefore just provided. Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That tha ob jections filed render tbe pric-ding section shall be heard and determined by the com mittee on assessments a , early as practicable, and they shall have the party objecting notified promptly of their decision. Such party so notified shall have the rtg.jt to appeal t council from decision of the said committee within ten days from notice of such declsiou, provided such party or his or her authorized agent will (lie with the clerk of council within the said ten days a written appeal, supported by affidavit, that the pro: ercy has been va ued foriaxatiun at s higher price than its actual market value. Upon such appeal being made, it shall be heard aud determined by counsel at a meeting of which the appo'lar.tshaljne notified, and the de cision of couucil on tbe appeal shall be final. The decision of the said committee when un appealed from, or of c unction appeal (where appeals ore made) shall form the basis of assess ment and valuation for taxation by the city ot Savannah as to the property covered by such decision for the year 1891. Sec. 4. Be it further ordained that it is hereby made the duty of the freeholders appoint and under Sec. 1 of the said ordnance passed Nov. 29, 18?9, to at once assess aud value for taxation under the terms and provisions of said ordinance all new improvements erected during the present year, and also all real estate, whether improved or not, within the real estate taxable limits of the city of Savan uah (except only such property as is exempt under the Constitution of the State of Georgia) not heretofore assessed and valued for tuxation. The returu of the said assessors as to the said additional property shall, immediately upon its completion, be filed with the city treasurer for Inspection by the taxpayers, and the said treasurer shall at onee give notice, in the official organ of the city, of such filing, and that objee turns must be made thereto, if any there are, within twenty days from such notice. Where tbe sai l obj -ctious are not made within the said twenty days, then the aaee-sa.ent and valuation shall lie final as to the said property covered thereby, and shall form the basis of taxation by the said city of Savannah for the year 1891 as to the said property. The said objections shall be heard and determined by the committee on assessments, the notice shall te given of ihelr decision, and the appeal to council shall be allowed under tbe terms and provisions of sec ti'-in 3of this ordinance, the decision of council being final. Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, that it is hereby mad • the duty of the committee on asu-ssmeet's to revise the said return as to the said new property, to the end that a full and fair valua tion may be had. and if iu their opinion any property has not been fairly and correctly valued, the said committee shall correct said valuation and have the owner of the property duly notified of such correction, so that such owni-r may have the right, under the terms and provisions of this ordinance, to appeal toccu icii. S;<\ (i. Bo it further ordained. That the said valuation and assessment of the said new prop erty, as it may be made, revised and corrected as provided for in me last two preceding sec tions of this ordinance, shall be the basis of taxation by the city of Savannah as to the said property for the year 1891. Ssc. 1. Be it further ordained. That all ordi nances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. ELECTION FOR DIRRUTORB. Central Railroad and Banking Cos. of Ga. I Savannah. Ga., Dec. 3, 1890. j An election for thirteen directors to manage the affairs of this company for the ensuing year will be held at the Banking House in Sa vannah, MONDAY, the sth of January, 1891, between the hours of 10 o’clock A. *., and 2 o’clock p. m. Stockholders and their families will be passed free over the company’s road to attend the election, from the 3rd to the sth of January, inclusive, and be passed free return ing. from the sth to the 7th of January, inclu sive, on presentation of their stock certificates to the conductors. T. M. CUNNINGHAM, Cashier, IYSI RA.YCE AGENCY’. Jas. T. Stewart & Son, Agents. Jas. G. Yonoe, Manager. Ix>ndon and Lancashire Fire Insurance Com pany of Liverpool and New York Underwriters Agency of New York. OFFICE: No. DO Bay .Street. “PEACH BLOSSOM,” A DELICATE, DELIGHTFUL, YET LASTING ODOR. THF. PERFECT RESULT OF CONSTANT STUDY. Our store will be perfumed every afternoon with it. Made and sold only at BUTLER’S PHARMACY. Corner Bull and Congress streets FRIED & HICKS, THF. ONLY LADIES' RESTAURANT IN THE SOUTH. OPEN DAY' AND NIGHT. | , THE FINEST OYSTER COOK IN GEORGIA. FRIED & HICKS. O. 11 and 13 Market. DON’T BB “DtSAD BROKE.” “Uncle Adam" wi l lend you Money on any | “personal'' properly ut lowest rale of interest for one, two or three month*. Open from 7a. w. to 9r m -Saturday st" II p. n. NEW YORK j LOAN OFFTt'K, VO Jeffe'.-ou street, corner J Congress Street Lane. ADAM STRAUSS, Manager. t : l ion UMi Dllil.t IUH*. Tnz MckcuANre' National Ban* of Savannah. > Havawnah. Ga , I'm U. D-vo. ) Tberuiiinkl eiociion for Director* oft 11 tan* al l be Meld st K* banking bntMW on TUESD t X, .lull tU IMP!, tiet*<*f 12 aud I o'rloek. THUS. GADSDEN. i'akl-r AMUSEMENTS. SAVANNAH THEATER* Mondav and Tuesday. Dec. 15 and is. A BIG DP.A 31 A TIC FESTIVAL’ BRONSON HOWARD’S SHENANDOAH! ■A. Great Comedy Drains. New Y'ork's Greatest Succes*: “BHter than the Henrietta.”—New York Herald. A STORY OF LOVE AND WAR, Beautiful and Wonderful Scenery. A Comp .-, ca*t of players. Pre*ent-d in the sa no mano-r a* seen for over night, in New York cut I ’ , 11 alw ays stand theleadiuj? American play. Prices: Admission sl. 50c. and 45c R. served seats 25c. extra. Feats at Butler's I KIt Attraction Hecshaw w Tea Broech, Dec. 19 and 20. ea AFREE LECTURE BY HON. T. V. POWDERLY, Genera! Master Workman K of L,, AT MASONIC TEMPLE, TUESDAY, 'DECEMBER 16, AT 8 P. M. Seats Reserved for Ladies. IIOV.wE FURNISH IMG GOODs ARB YOU Doubtful as to “what to get for Christmas'" Visit our establishment and inspect our extraor dinary display on first and second floor* of fine Imported, Decorated Wares, Vases, Bric-a- Brao and Cut Glass. Do not postpone until the rush begins. We are now READY To show you through, and to aid you in making proper and careful selections of appropriate articles for presents. Our line of BISQUE DOLLS wants your attent ion, and we have not, space to begin to enumerate the manv attractive novelties FOR Christmas. This is also just as good a time as any other to so ect a FURNACE STOVE or HEATER, aud we offer a most complete variety of the bet makes, controlled by us. 3lake CHRISTMAS? A glad day by beginning at the CULINARY Department, the REAL SOURCE of nil our joys and sorrows. Comer Barnard aaj Broughton Laa a . JflS. DOUGLASS. STOVFa NORTON $ Ili'Lli Are offering fine French China DINNER & TEA SETS, JFANCY DECORATED Plates and Cups and Saucers, In cases suitable for Christmas Presents. DOLLS. BRIC-A-BRAC. PLATED WARE. SOLE AGENTS FOR The Iron King Cook, WEST SHORE NEW SPLENDID RANGES. Call and see us and get our prices before pur chasing. NORTON k SUIT, York. President and Whitaker BANKS, JOfh’f)*'weed!" ■* l n S'Y*?’" R r ")VL Ac PI President. Vice Presicteflt. I JAS. H. HUNTER, Caster. I SAVANNAH BANK k TRUST d| Savings Dep't ALLOWS 40 jn Deposits of SI ani CpwarJ Rtewi Interest ou Deposits Payable Quarterly DIRECTORS: Joseph D. Wskji, of J. D. Meed & 00. Jobx C. Kowlaxd. Capital l * l '; C. A. Rkitze, Exchange and Insurance. Join* L. Hakubr, Capitalist. w.,Simon. R. G. Erwin, of^Chisholm, Erwta* dußlgnon F.dward Karow, of Strauss - Cu- Isaac G. Haas. General Broker. M. Y. Maclntyre, of M. Y. & d - l Mac; J Jobs Lyons, of John Lyons A, t o. Walter Corky, of Paiersoc, Downing & p. <1 FBIN I’iN'G AND BOOKW3 ulJHk. lose FALLand WINTER ,6£l PRINTING AND BINDING, EL&l&lft BOOKS.- Es tabliFhmaAriTlNEßV. nocesaary TOOI.S nd MAc u . and ■ !vIA -X‘'’WU,v, e a Reput* tent Workmen. EstaUlshe^j non for Good Work. Addmonai dera solicited. Estimate*i turn, me 93 ’A BAY STREET. GEO. N NICHOLS^ The~Boss Corn Varnish ! car s.*sr bout by all druggist*. J. c. MIMS& CO , Proprietors.